Re: [boost] Web access to the CVS

From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-21 19:28:50

On 05/21/2006 06:12 PM, Joe Gottman wrote:
> For about a week now, every time I try to use the web link to the CVS 
> repository (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/boost/boost/) I 
> get a "This page cannot be displayed" error.  What gives?
I tried to update the webpage, but wasn't allowed, as reported here:

   http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20060517.142213.b605d768.en.html

an email to David showed:

On 05/17/2006 10:06 AM, Larry Evans wrote:
 > On 05/17/2006 09:22 AM, David Abrahams wrote:
 >
 >> Larry Evans <cppljevans_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 > [snip]
 >
 >> shows:
 >>
 >>
 >>   -rw-rw-r--  1 dgregor boost  48129 Nov 23 06:09 getting_started.html
 >>
 >> So you should have write permission.
 >>
 >>
 >>> I guess someone else will have to update the website :(
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> No, you can do it!
 >>
 > I did:
 >
 >   ssh cppljevans_at_[hidden] "groups"
 >
 > and got output:
 >
 >   users opencxx boost-sandbox
 >
 > but shouldn't "boost" be in the output to give me permission to modify
 > getting_started.html?
 >

and David responded that I should contact sourceforge to correct the
problem, which I did but haven't gotten a resolution yet.  The
problem report is at:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1490393&group_id=1&atid=200001

Maybe someone else should update the website.